Plumber&#39;s service kit



PLUMBER'S SERVICE KIT Filed Oct- 28, 1963 INVENTOR KM L. 2"

g im 121M ATTORN EYS United States Patent 3,207,297 PLUMBERS SERVICE KIT Karl L. Zimmerman, Philadelphia, Pa., assignor to Woodward-Wanger Company, Philadelphia, Pa., a corporation of Pennsylvania Filed Oct. 28, 1963, Ser. No. 319,446 2 Claims. (Cl. 206-16) This invention in general relates to maintenance or service devices and in particular relates to a service kit especially suitable for the needs of plumbers.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a portable service kit for storing plumbers items in a manner so that the same are maintained in a segregated, quickly identifiable and readily available condition. The items contemplated by the invention are ring-type items such as bibb washers, slip joint washers, faucet bonnet and stem packings, swing spout packings, friction rings, O-rings, renew seats for faucets and the like.

For storing ring type items in a segregated and readily available manner the invention contemplates a generally rectangular shaped box having hinged cover together with pegs extending upright from the bottom of the box and being adapted to hold the ring-type items in stacked fashion. The cover has a resilient sheet which is adapted to tightly engage with the tops of the pegs when the cover is closed so that the engagement prevents the items from slipping ofi? the pegs.

Certain ring-like plumbers items, for example, bonnet and stem packings, are of split-ring form and for maintaining these so that the same cannot be dislodged, the invention contemplates a canister which surrounds the pegs and the split-ring items and maintains the same in stacked fashion on the pegs.

For readily identifying the various items which are stacked on the pegs the cover is provided with a board attached to the resilient sheet and having indicia which are viewable when the cover is open. The respective indicia occupy the same relative disposition on the cover as the pegs in the box and thereby provide a readily usable, visual means of identifying the stacked items.

A typical embodiment of the invention will be described below in connection with the following drawings wherein:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of a service kit constructed in accordance with the invention; and

FIGURE 2 is an enlarged, fragmentary view illustrating the engagement between the pegs and the cover and also illustrating a canister surrounding stacked items on a peg.

A generally rectangular shaped box has a bottom memher 1 and side members 2, 3, 4 and 5. A flat cover 6 is hinged to the side 4. A plurality of pegs 10 which are adapted to hold ring-like items 11 in stacked-like fashion are secured to the bottom 1 and extend upwardly therefrom. I have only shown a few of the pegs, the location of the other pegs being indicated by the dots 12. The pegs are located on the bottom in a grid-like fashion and are spaced from one another so that stacked items can be readily removed and inserted on the pegs. All of the pegs are the same height.

The cover 6 has attached to its und'erside a resilient sheet 13. The resilient sheet is preferably made from cork. Over the sheet 13 is a board 14 having a plurality of apertures 15. A suitable mastic is used to attach the resilient sheet 13 and the board 14. The apertures 15 are physically disposed so that they bear the same relative spacial position on the cover as the pegs on the bot- 3,207,297 Patented Sept. 21, 1965 tom member. When the cover is closed the tops of the pegs 10 extend through the apertures and engage the resilient sheet 13. This is shown in FIGURE 2. The cover is adapted to be locked by the catch 16. With the cover in locked position, it will be apparent that the engagement between the tops of the pegs and the cover will prevent the dislodgement of stacked items on the pegs.

Some of the ring-type items under use by plumbers are in split-like form and such items on the pegs are likely to be dislodged. In order to prevent this I provide a canister 20 which has a cylindrically shaped side wall 21, a base wall 22 and an open top indicated at 23. An aperture 24 on the base 22 accommodates the peg with which the canister is used. With the canister, any split ring items which might have a tendency to come off the peg will contact the side wall 21 of the canister and thus be contained. As indicated in FIGURE 2, the canister ex tends between the bottom member 1 and the cover 6 and the side 21 is of an axial length so that when the cover is closed, the top of the canister engages the board 14 or is slightly spaced therefrom.

For readily identifying the stacked items on the pegs I have provided indicia 25 on the board 14. The indicia 25 is located closely adjacent each aperture 15. It will be apparent that the aperture 15a corresponds in position with the peg 10a, the aperture 15b corresponds with the peg 10b and so on. The indicia 25a which is associated with the peg 15a identifies the items on the peg 10a and the indicia 25b associated with the aperture 15b identifies the items on the peg 10b and so on.

I claim:

1. A plumbers service kit comprising:

a casing having a flat bottom member and side members extending upwardly therefrom;

a flat cover hinged to one of said sides;

a plurality of pegs connected with and extending upwardly from said bottom member, each peg being substantially the same height;

a flat, resilient sheet connected to the inside of said cover;

a flat board provided with a plurality of apertures connected to said resilient sheet, the apertures being dis posed around the tops of said pegs and said tops extending through said apertures in engagement with said resilient sheet and said pegs holding ring-type items in stacked fashion and said engagement between said resilient sheet and said tops of said pegs preventing unintentional dislodgement of said items; and

indicia formed on said board closely adjacent said apertures, the indicia being for use in identifying said items stacked on said pegs.

2. A plumbers service kit comprising:

a casing having a fiat bottom member and side members extending upwardly therefrom;

a flat cover hinged to one of said sides;

a plurality of pegs connected with and extending upwardly from said bottom member, each peg being substantially the same height;

a flat resilient sheet connected to the inside of said cover;

a flat board provided with a plurality of apertures connected to said resilient sheet, the apertures being disposed around the tops of said pegs and said tops ex tending through said apertures in engagement with said resilient sheet and said pegs holding ring-type items in stacked fashion and said engagement between said resilient sheet and said tops of said pegs preventing unintentional dislodgement of said items; and

a hollow canister having a side wall and a base wall provided with an aperture at one end and being open at the other end, the canister being disposed over and surrounding one of said pegs and said canister extending between said bottom member and said flat board on said cover when said cover is closed, said side wall of said canister retaining split-ring type items on said one peg.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS Weatherhead.

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Zimmerman 20616 Barlow 20665 Menolasino et a1. 206-56 THERON E. CONDON, Primary Examiner. 

1. A PLUNBER''S SERVICE KIT COMPRISING: A CASING HAVING A FLAT BOTTOM MEMBER AND SIDE MEMBERS EXTENDING UPWARDLY THEREFROM; A FLAT COVER HINGED TO ONE OF SAID SIDES; A PLURALITY OF PEGS CONNECTED WITH AND EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM SAID BOTTOM MEMBER, EACH PEG BEING SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME HEIGHT; A FLAT, RESILIENT SHEET CONNECTED TO THE INSIDE OF SAID COVER; A FLAT BOARD PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF APERTURES CONNECTED TO SAID RESILIENT SHEET, THE APERTURES BEING DISPOSED AROUND THE TOPS OF SAID PEGS AND SAID TOPS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID APERTURES IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID RESILIENT SHEET AND SAID PEGS HOLDING RING-TYPE ITEMS IN STACKED FASHION AND SAID ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN SAID RESILIENT SHEET AND SAID TOPS OF SAID PEGS PREVENTING UNITENTIONAL DISLODGEMENT OF SAID ITEMS; AND INDICIA FORMED ON SAID BOARD CLOSELY ADJACENT SAID APERTURES, THE INDICIA BEING FOR USE IN IDENTIFYING SAID ITEMS STACKED ON SAID PEGS. 